Press trust of India/Berhampur (Odisha) July 15, 2012
Child rights activists have
strongly advocated setting up of temporary hostels near work sites to
accommodate children of migrant workers and give them access to schools.
Children of seasonal migrant
workers, working in brick kilns, crusher units and construction places in
Odisha are deprived of school education as there were no schooling facilities
near the work place, the activists claimed.
In Ganjam district, about 1,970
children of migrant workers were present in 25 km radius of Chhatrapur,
Chikiti, Digapahandi, Ganjam, Hinjilikatu, Kukudakhandi, Patrapur,
Purosottampur, Rangeilunda, Seragarh and Sankhemundi blocks.
The children were found not going
to school, according to a survey conducted in work places recently by Unicef
and Aide et Action International in collaboration with local NGOs.
South Asia Regional Head of
Aide et Action, Umi Daniel presented the survey report at a workshop on the
future strategy on migrant child labour held here over the weekend.
As per the survey, most of them
are from western Odisha and some from Raigarh and Mahasamud districts of
Chhattisgarh. Out of the 1,970 migrating children, a maximum of 978 children
are in the age group of 6-14 years followed by 740 children in 0-6 years and
only 252 children in the age group of 14-18 years.
While only 34 children were going
to school, only 44 were getting anganwadi facility. Only three per cent of
the children were getting immunisation facilities, the survey claimed.
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